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Nothing like an old pickup truck. 🍂🛻

We’re still at it. Doing our thing.
Missing you everyday, Kev.
Forever in my heart and in spirit. I know you’re with me.

📸: Phil Velasquez
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A love like this. 🦬🤎

📸: @pvelasquez Phil Velasquez

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My friend Robyn Chavez taking time to feed the traditional buffalo in Taos. Robyn , founder of Red Willow Hospice , finds time to take care of everyone!! Bravo (image cropped from a photo by Phil Velasquez@ pVelasquez) our trip to honor the Taos Buffalo Herd and Keeper Harold Cordova.
We hope to launch a project to feed these sacred animals… stay tuned.

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An unforgettable moment at SWAIA Winter Indian Market 2025 (Nov 30). Last weekend, I had the honor of meeting as many artists as I could in the final hour of the Winter Market—each artist I met felt like family. I could have spent days learning their stories. The event closed with a breathtaking dance by Than Povi Martinez—a true Culture Carrier who embodies her people with elegance, respect, and powerful love. Her performance filled the expansive floor of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, and when she spun multiple times right in front of me, I felt the strength of Povi and countless generations of Ancestors smiling in unified embrace, saying, “We are still here!”
Love you, Povi! I will cherish your dance and our meeting as a priceless gift and a long-held dream come true.
@ephotogenics (Elaine) 🤍✨🪶

#swaia #winterindianmarket #thanpovi #thanpovimtz #createmetta #dreamscometrue #nativedance #indigenousdance
#respecthonorlove #culturecarrier #wearestillhere #ephotogenics

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Lunchin’ at SantaCafe with @pvelasquez after morning pool laps. #santacafé

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@antoinexmusic has inspired me to to sing some powwow jams ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ 📸 @pvelasquez @rosetasantiagostudios

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#niisitapii #blackfoot #bloodtribe #kainai #actor #Stuntman #storyteller ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ 📸 @pvelasquez @rosetasantiagostudios @coyotesdencollectibles

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Let new dreams and calmness fly.
In the quiet, let hope grow,
A deeper peace than I could show.
📸 @pvelasquez thankyou @rosetasantiagostudios

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If you dig it, we'd love to hook you up with three pieces on the house! Yup, you read that right – absolutely FREE!

Just shoot a DM over to our main account @gnarcyteam (if you dont see a DM button, just reply to any of their stories), and our guy Shawn will sort you out pronto! But hey, don't sleep on it – spots are filling up fast, and we'd hate for you to miss out on the action! Cheers, mate! 🤙

👉 @gnarcyteam 👈

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It’s pretty damn cold in Madison and elsewhere across the country tonight.⁣
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Not as cold as it was when I made this photograph back on January 10, 1982, in Chicago. I was working as a staff photographer at the Chicago Sun-Times when the temperature dropped to -26 degrees with a wind-chill factor of -80. Fellow staff photographer Phil Velasquez and I were dispatched to cover multiple 5-alarm fires. Richard Derk, another staff photographer, loaned me a manual Nikon camera that didn’t need any batteries to operate since my Canon cameras were all but useless in the stifling cold.⁣
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I rode along with Phil in his four-wheel drive vehicle to the fires. I remember we would each rotate hopping out of the vehicle for 15-20 minutes at a time; that was all we could bear. Phil kept the car running the entire time we were there and after each turn outside, I’d return to the vehicle and put my gear on the dashboard, letting the defroster melt all the ice off my camera.⁣
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It wasn't lost on me that we were just trying to make pictures, while the firemen were trying to save a building. As you can see, the water spraying from their hoses would turn to ice just minutes later.⁣
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On a day like today, I feel a little guilty that I’m not outside making photographs of the frigid weather. Okay maybe not that guilty; I’m thankful that we have power and my toes are nice and toasty. ⁣
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Stay safe out there tonight and remember there are first responders–and photojournalists–that are braving the frigid temperatures to do their job. Thank you to all of them.⁣
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Too bad Maestas was closed when we went roadtrippin’ Saturday. Was getting a bit blustery out, as @pvelasquez demonstrates, but we’ll take that 77 degrees over today’s temps in the 20s. #nmtrue #guadalupecounty #antonchicolandgrant

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